ResilienceVC bucks trend, unveils $56M fund to back fintechs working on financial inclusion

Vikas moderated this panel on “Learning to Serve Main Street in Times of Crisis” at the Financial Health Network’s EMERGE conference in Los Angeles. Along with Luz Urrutia from Accion Opportunity Fund, Shamina Singh from Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and Jonathan Jacob from Wells Fargo, they discussed how innovation and partnership could drive resilience for American small businesses.

A tighter funding market and ongoing global challenges means now is actually the best time for startups and investors to be focused on inclusive fintech.

Vikas writes in Forbes about why now is actually the best time for startups and investors to be focused on inclusive fintech.

Despite abundant hype, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) still has much to prove when it comes to lending to the financially excluded. Thankfully, we are starting to see models that are using DeFi to be more relevant for credit for underserved customers.

Vikas writes in Forbes about DeFi models that are more relevant for underserved customers and the questions for DeFi

Today's supply chain challenges go well beyond the American consumer. A group of embedded fintech innovators are helping small businesses in markets from Nigeria to Pakistan be more resilient to supply chain shocks.

Implementing a gender lens at an investment fund can be daunting. Start by assessing the gender diversity across four levels of your existing operations to reveal where change is most needed.

Tahira writes in SSIR on how funds can approach building a gender lens strategy

The platform and “as a service” startups that are leading the next phase of fintech have to ensure their financial services offerings are embedded but also responsible.